Elephant

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Revelation 18:121 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ELEPHANT . Job 40:16 AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] , but RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] correctly ‘hippopotamus’ (see Behemoth). The use of elephants in warfare is frequently noticed in the Books of Maccabees ( e.g. 1Ma 3:34; 1Ma 6:30; 1Ma 8:6; 1Ma 11:56 , 2Ma 11:4; 2Ma 13:15 ). See also Ivory.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

This is found only in the margin of the A.V. for 'Behemoth' in Job 40:15; and in 'elephants' teeth' for 'ivory' in 1 Kings 10:22; 2Chr. 9:21: of. Revelation 18:1,2 . See IVORY.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

el´ē̇ -fant ( Job 40:15 the King James Version margin, the American Revised Version, margin "hippopotamus," the Revised Version (British and American) "ivory"); 1 Kings 10:22 the King James Version margin; 2 Chronicles 9:21 the King James Version; 1 Macc 3:34; 6:28ff; 8:6): Possibly in Job it is the extinct mammoth. See Behemoth; Ivory .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(ἐλέφας ) does not occur in the text of the canonical Scriptures of the A. V., except in the adj. ἐλεφάντινος , "of ivory," Revelation 18:12. But the animal is believed to be referred to in the Hebrew שֶׁנְאּהַבִּים, elephant's tooth, i.e., "ivory," 1 Kings 10:22; <

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A genus of mammals, of which there are two species, the Indian and the African; the latter attains a greater size, and is hunted for the sake of its tusks, which may weigh as much as 70 lbs.; the former is more intelligent, and easily capable of being domesticated; the white elephant is a variety of this species.